Jean Pouilloux
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Professor Jean Pouilloux, born October 31, 1904 in Le Vert
(Deux-Sèvres
), France
and died at Pimontin (Rhone
) May 23, 1996 was a French
hellenist
archaeologist
.
He was educated at the École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm from 1939 to 1944. He completed his training and made his initial research at the French School of Archaeology in Athens
, then was appointed in 1949 to the Faculty of Arts in Lyon
. From 1957 to 1985 he was Professor of Greek
language
, literature
and epigraphy
at the University of Lyon
and the University Lumière Lyon 2. Specialist in archeology and Greek epigraphy, he worked at Delphi
, Rhamnus in Attica
, the island of Thasos
and Cyprus
where he founded and directed an archaeological mission. He was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, several French and foreign academies and in 1988, president of the Institute of France.
His teaching has attracted several generations of students but Jean was not only a teacher. In 1959, he founded within the University of Lyon's Faculty of Arts, the Fernand Courby Institute, named after a Hellenist archaeologist who taught in the same faculty between the two wars. In later years, he created a dynamic team around him, officially recognized by the CNRS in the 1960s
. In 1964, he obtained permission to excavate a large archaeological site in Cyprus
; the ancient city of Salamis
.
Jean Pouilloux was a member of the National Council for Scientific Research, the Universities Advisory Committee, National Council of archaeological research, and for years on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Committee on the excavations. For four years he chaired the Centre for Archaeological Research at CNRS in Sophia-Antipolis. The culmination of his activity was the creation in 1975 of the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée
where he served as director until 1978. In 1976, he was appointed scientific director of humanities
at the CNRS for six years. He was also notable for translation of Jewish-Greek literature in the 1960s, collaborating with Father Claude Roger Arnaldez Mondésert to publish works of Philo of Alexandria, of which he personally translated four volumes.
Le Vert, Deux-Sèvres
Le Vert is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.-References:*...
(Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres is a French département. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.-History:...
), France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and died at Pimontin (Rhone
Rhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
) May 23, 1996 was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
hellenist
Hellenistic Greece
In the context of Ancient Greek art, architecture, and culture, Hellenistic Greece corresponds to the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek heartlands by Rome in 146 BC...
archaeologist
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
.
He was educated at the École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm from 1939 to 1944. He completed his training and made his initial research at the French School of Archaeology in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, then was appointed in 1949 to the Faculty of Arts in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. From 1957 to 1985 he was Professor of Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
and epigraphy
Epigraphy
Epigraphy Epigraphy Epigraphy (from the , literally "on-writing", is the study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing; that is, the science of identifying the graphemes and of classifying their use as to cultural context and date, elucidating their meaning and assessing what conclusions can be...
at the University of Lyon
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon , located in Lyon and Saint Etienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 16 institutions of higher education...
and the University Lumière Lyon 2. Specialist in archeology and Greek epigraphy, he worked at Delphi
Delphi
Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...
, Rhamnus in Attica
Attica
Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea...
, the island of Thasos
Thasos
Thasos or Thassos is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, close to the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestos but geographically part of Macedonia. It is the northernmost Greek island, and 12th largest by area...
and Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
where he founded and directed an archaeological mission. He was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, several French and foreign academies and in 1988, president of the Institute of France.
His teaching has attracted several generations of students but Jean was not only a teacher. In 1959, he founded within the University of Lyon's Faculty of Arts, the Fernand Courby Institute, named after a Hellenist archaeologist who taught in the same faculty between the two wars. In later years, he created a dynamic team around him, officially recognized by the CNRS in the 1960s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
. In 1964, he obtained permission to excavate a large archaeological site in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
; the ancient city of Salamis
Salamis, Cyprus
Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his...
.
Jean Pouilloux was a member of the National Council for Scientific Research, the Universities Advisory Committee, National Council of archaeological research, and for years on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Committee on the excavations. For four years he chaired the Centre for Archaeological Research at CNRS in Sophia-Antipolis. The culmination of his activity was the creation in 1975 of the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée
Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée
The Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée is a research body in Lyon, France that specialises in the Mediterranean and the Middle East and the first steps of humanity...
where he served as director until 1978. In 1976, he was appointed scientific director of humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
at the CNRS for six years. He was also notable for translation of Jewish-Greek literature in the 1960s, collaborating with Father Claude Roger Arnaldez Mondésert to publish works of Philo of Alexandria, of which he personally translated four volumes.
Positions Held
- 1944-1945 - Professor at the Lycée d’Angers
- 1945-1949 - Member of the French School of Athens
- 1951-1954 - Assistant of ancient history at the Faculty of Arts, Lyon
- 1954 - Member of the French School of Athens
- 1955-1957 - Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts of Besançon
- 1957-1985 - Senior Lecturer, then Professor at the Faculty of Arts of Lyon and University Lyon 2
- 1959 - Founder and Director of the Institute Fernand Courby
- 1964-1972 - Director of the French archaeological mission of Salamis in Cyprus
- 1970 - Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological InstituteGerman Archaeological InstituteThe German Archaeological Institute is an institution of research within the field of archaeology , and a "scientific corporation", with parentage of the federal Foreign Office of Germany-Origin:...
- 1972-1976 - President of the Center for Archaeological Research of the National Centre for Scientific Research
- 1972 - Member of Academy of sciences, arts and belles lettres de Lyon
- 1975 - Founder of the Maison de l'Orient et de la MéditerranéeMaison de l'Orient et de la MéditerranéeThe Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée is a research body in Lyon, France that specialises in the Mediterranean and the Middle East and the first steps of humanity...
, originally called "Maison de l’Orient méditerranéen ancien" - 1975-1978 - Director of Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée
- 1975 - Member of the Academy of AthensAcademy of AthensAcademy of Athens may refer to:* Platonic Academy* Academy of Athens...
- 1976 - Corresponding member of the Greek Archaeological Society
- 1976 - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Thessaloniki
- 1976-1982 - Scientific Director of Humanities at the National Center for Scientific Research
- 1978 - Member of the l’Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres
- 1979 - Member of the Academy of Bordeaux
- 1988 - President of the l’Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres
- 1988 - President of the Institut de FranceInstitut de FranceThe Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
- 1986 - Chairman of the Foundation for the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)
- 1982-1991 - President of the Association des amis des sources chrétiennes
- 1988 - President of the Association of Association des amis de la Maison de l’Orient
- 1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Montreal
- 1990 - Foreign Member Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of AmericaArchaeological Institute of AmericaThe Archaeological Institute of America is a North American nonprofit organization devoted to the promotion of public interest in archaeology, and the preservation of archaeological sites. It has offices on the campus of Boston University and in New York City.The institute was founded in 1879,...
(Boston)
Selected Bibliography
- Choix d'inscriptions grecques, 1st edition, 1960, University of Lyon Press, later edition by the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres « Epigraphica », 2003.
- De agricultura, Philo of Alexandria, Translation, Cerf, coll. « Sources chrétiennes » : n° 9, 1961.
- De plantatione, Philo of Alexandria, Translation, Cerf, coll. « Sources chrétiennes » :n° 10, 1961.
- De vita Mosis, I-II, Philo of Alexandria, Translation, Cerf, coll. « Sources chrétiennes » : n° 22, 1967.
- De æternitate mundi, Philo of Alexandria, Translation, Cerf, coll. « Sources chrétiennes » :n° 30, 1969.
- collaboration : Nouveau choix d'inscriptions grecques, 1st edition in 1971, University of Lyon Press, later edition by the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres « Epigraphica », 2005.
- ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΙΝΑ. Hellénisme, judaïsme et christianisme à Alexandrie, mélanges offerts au P. Claude Mondésert, Cerf, 1987.
- Preface : La Collection « Sources chrétiennes ». Éditer les Pères de l'Église au XXe siècle, Cerf, 1995.
External Links
- Interview with Jean Pouilloux in the CNRS Archives.